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Carrotwood Tree Weeping Red Sap: Wound or Bacterial Ooze

20-year carrotwoods weeping red sap: check for woodpecker holes (lines) or borer holes. Smell sap: whiskey odor = bacterial ooze (slime flux). Bees/flies attracted.

Investigation

Find sap source: wound, hole, crack.
If bacterial: no cure, but tree may compartmentalize.
If borers: systemic insecticide.

Tricks

Respond with sap source details for specific advice.

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